The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
The PRESIDENT AND THE G. A. R

LIE PRESIDENT AND TaE u. a. II
On June IL, Gen. Sherman wrote letter
to Gen. John A. Noble and COL d. P. Dyer,
citizens of st. Louis. in which among other
things, he said:
Mr.. Cleveland, the President of the
United States, by fair election of all our
people, Ccmmander-in.C Chief of the Army
and Navy of the? United. States. is free to
come and go wherever the jurisdiction Of
this-our nation-government extends.
He may visit any fort or ship, where the
national flag will be lowered to manifest
respect to him and his officers, and should
foreign ship fail to do him full honor,
none will be so quick to resent an insult as
the members of the Grand Army of the
Republic who periIed life and limb to
make that flag respected at home and
abroad. The IDEA OF HIS BEING INsULTED,
MUCH LESS ENDANGERED, SHOULD BE ON THE
STAND ALONGSIDE OF OUR CoMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF, GEN. FAIRcHILD, WHEN THE GRAND
ARMY is PASSING IN REVIEW, SEEMS TO BE
INDUSTRIOUS. l think 1 know the Iowa
boys too well to believe such a thing
possible. Brave men are never ungener-
Gus and the Iowa soldiers were brave
men. / know it of knowledge acquired
in battle, and / pledge my life that no
Iowa soldier will do so anmanly an act,
and should Mr.. Cleveland accept the invi-
tatlon, which hope he will, to attend the
parade of the Grand Army of the Republic
at ST. Louis on the 10th of September next,
/ will stand by bis side or march past In
the ranks of Ransom Post, as may be or
dered by General Fairchild.
1t will be observed that Gen. Sherman
says Mr.. Cleveland is President py a flair
election" and that he is Commander-in-
Chief of the Army and Navy of the United
States" The grand old chieftian and
patriot takes no stock in Tuttle's threat Of
insult and personal violence. He regards
such threats as ''nonstrous," and yet not
Republican sheet in the country has de-
nounced the threats. Their silence may
be Justly construed as approving the
threats-encouraging them. It is well I'M
derstood what personal violence means.
Fairchild, the miserable Republican
wretch of the Guiteau stripe, prayed to
involve the Supreme Being in his scheme
to help the Republican party just as Quit
eau, the Republican fiend, sought TO make
itappear that he was the chosen instru-
ment of heaven to remove" Garfield, 30
| that certain Republican swine would OBJ
tain larger supply of government swill.
Personal violence with Republican cranks
means murder, and, manifestly, Gen. Sher-
man 80 understood it, and promptly de-
nounces the plot to murder the President
| at st. Louis as "monstrous"
1t is said that Gen. Black, Pension Com
missioner, at the meeting of the G.. A. r.
in ST. Louis, will present, or will have pre-
sented series ofresolutions, denouncing
Fairchild and futile, the adoption OF
which will be equivalent to vote of expul.
sion of these two miscreants and If they
are ruled out or voted down, Democrats
will promptly leave the organization. II
viii be test question. II voted down, OF
Il they are not permitted to be presented
then it viii appear that that which Gen
Sherman so greatly depiores and severely
denounces as "mopstrous" will be ap
proved and then insult and personal
violence to the President OF the United
States will be in order. The G. A. r. can
not afford to go on record in that way
The members Of the G. A. r. are not as
! ssssins, nor Nill they Mant assassins u